MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD is a close-knit middle school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20. It hosts 441 students across grades 6 through 8.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 44,136 students; MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder consists of 17% White, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 62.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD is one campus in the mix.

SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.7%.

MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD operates from an urban location.

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